BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 16, 2009 — A Belgian teenager is suing a tattoo artist after she allegedly asked for three stars on her face and instead received 56.

Kimberley Vlaminck, 18, went to a local tattoo parlor called The Tattoo Box and was assisted by Romanian tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz. Vlaminck claims that she only asked for three stars to be tattooed on her face. She states that Toumaniantz only spoke broken English and French but tried to be clear about what she wanted. Vlaminck says she then fell asleep during the procedure and awoke to instead find 56 stars across the left side of her face. She is now suing Toumaniantz for $14,000, the cost of the laser surgery she will need to remove the tattoos.

However, Toumaniantz says that he gave her exactly what she wanted. “She was awake and looked into the mirror several times as the procedure was taking place. The trouble all started when she went home and her father and boyfriend threw a fit.”

Toumaniantz initially agreed to pay for half of her laser surgery, saying, “Kimberley is unhappy and it is not my wish to have an unsatisfied client. There is a way to remove the tattoos with the help of a laser. I agree to pay for half the cost.”

But Vlaminck has finally confessed she did not fall asleep, that she wanted all the stars, and that she was fully aware of what Toumaniantz was doing. “I asked for 56 stars and initially adored them. But when my father saw them, he was furious. So I said I fell asleep and that the tattoo artist had made a mistake.”

Toumanaintz has now withdrawn his offer and says from now on he will get written consent from clients before he begins tattooing. “I don’t regret it. To tell you the truth, this has given me some publicity.”